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Hot Potato License (jlai.lu)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] 57 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Just writing words doesn't make it legally binding. Anyone who reads this comment owes me $1,000,000 USD.

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Oh shit, what's your PayPal?

    Anyone who reads this comment owes me $1,000,000 USD and a kiss

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't have 2 mil, how do I get out of this? File for bankruptcy?

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    on a technicality, debts like this are not legally dischargable through bankruptcy

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago*

    Ofcourse its legally binding. If you include a license text with your own code on a platform that doesnt have a clause to license your code under different terms, then that license is legally valid.

    But writing the license yourself without making sure that it doesnt allow for any legal loopholes is a bad idea.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    You declaring a debt isn't meaningful because you don't have legal authority to do so.

    A licence statement is describing in what way you're granting permission for something you do have the right to control, which makes it meaningful

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